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Former Vatican Official Blames Russia’s War against Ukraine on LGBTQ Movement

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A former Vatican official has suggested Russia's invasion of Ukraine was due to the LGBTQ movement, echoing a Russian Orthodox's leader's similar suggestion last week. Read More

U.S. Bishops Conference Seeks Limits on Protections for Transgender Patients

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U.S. bishops joined religious and political groups in seeking to stop proposed non-discrimination guidelines designed to protect transgender patients from discrimination. Read More

LGBTQ Church Workers in Germany Explain Why They Participate in #OutInChurch

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LGBTQ church workers in Germany continue to explain their participation in #OutInChurch, an initiative in which 125 such workers publicly came out in a call for non-discrimination. Today's post features two such workers, as well as other news updates from the German church. Read More

In Singapore, Kosovo, and U.S.: Catholic Leaders Voice Opposition to Pro-LGBTQ Laws

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Even in a moment when some church leaders express a new openness to LGBTQ equality, many Catholics continue to oppose legislation that would grant LGBTQ equal rights. Today's post features three examples of this opposition. Read More

Bishops Help Sink Pro-Transgender Policy Proposal at University of North Dakota

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The bishops of North Dakota have successfully helped end a policy proposal at one of the state's main university that would have expanded transgender protections.  Read More

Fr. James Keenan: ‘Is the Church At All Interested in Listening to Transgender People?’

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Twenty-two years ago, Fr. James Keenan, SJ,  received a call from a psychotherapist who worked with transgender clients, some of whom were Catholic and asking to talk with a priest. Read More

Faith in Queer Futures

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Let’s dream, as Moses did, of that reality we may never see, but that will exist for our children, and our children’s children... Read More

Sydney Archdiocese Complains About Police Social Media Post Featuring Drag Performers

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The drag artists known as the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who parody nun attire, recently sparked Catholic officials’ outrage in Sydney, Australia.  Read More

Staten Island St. Patrick’s Day Parade Organizers Again Deny Access to LGBTQ Marchers

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St. Patrick’s Day is approaching and cities nationwide are planning parades to celebrate the Irish holiday. In Staten Island, New York, the organizers of a local parade remain unwilling to include LGBTQ people who want to march with rainbow pride. Read More

“Amoris Laetitia”: Church Thinking Needs to Move from the Abstract to the Particular

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How do these forms of LGBTQ erasure and dehumanization come to exist in a teaching document written within the last five years? Read More